tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577593297528579327.post2335793299221093327..comments2023-10-31T04:18:32.562-07:00Comments on WOMEN TAKING A STAND: Are we just playing church?LAURIEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486313421145067150noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577593297528579327.post-82552887255248168312012-07-30T20:32:42.281-07:002012-07-30T20:32:42.281-07:00Laurie, I love this blog on Church Playing. There...Laurie, I love this blog on Church Playing. There is so much truth in it. I have belonged to a congregation where I saw so much focus put on the building fund, mind you we needed it to build a church, we did not have one, we had the people, but not the building, yet I am sure there were many who did not realize that "the people are the church". Then when living in another Province I attended a small community church with such a small but loving congregation who knew the real meaning of church and supported everyone who came through their doors - that is church to me.<br /><br />Going back to "playing house idea", there might be another blog there for you, I think many so called grown ups are still playing house, as the true meaning of marriage and commitment had just slipped away, & it seems more expedient and easier to get separated or divorced rather than stay and work on that commitment. I know whereof I speak, we had 54 years of marriage, l year of separation at the 25 year (mid-life crisis I guess) mark, but because we both believed in the commitment we made, we got back together. Mind you it was not easy, but was doable, maybe in the marriage vows there should be a part where they say" in young age and old age" as well, as so many stray & start looking for someone younger at the mid-life crisis stage. This is just something I felt at reading your blog & thought you might like to expand on it. Statistically it seems about 50% of marriages end in divorce. I am fully aware that there are many circumstances where divorce has to happen unfortunately, but gosh wouldn't it be nice if the vows we make were really taken more seriously & the word "commitment" to mean something again. Sorry I am off on the wrong track in responding to your blog.Junenoreply@blogger.com